Remembering music director Ustad Qadir Ali Shaggan on October 17, 2021Being son of Ustad Ghulam Hassan Shaggan, one expected Qadir Ali Shaggan, the eldest of Ustad’s five sons to become just a classical vocalist. He did become a classical vocalist but also became a music composer at the same time. The latter interest was developed merely of Qadir giving assistance to stalwarts like Rasheed Attre, […]
Ali Raza Ahmad’s poetry is an amalgamation of traditions, love, separation and emotions on September 14, 2021Any individual who has passion for expressing his/her talent of writing poetry, write an essay or sing a song and alike, knows about his/her interest since childhood. Ali Raza Ahmad is one of those types of persons. He used to find analysis of a poetry couplet difficult in his school days but whenever he was […]
Safari Zindagi is different and unique on August 10, 2021When this reviewer received a copy of the book titled ‘Safari Zindagi’ from a dear friend Dr Sajid Ali, search for similar works carried out elsewhere; autobiographies of a simple worker was started. This book is the story of a sub engineer, who worked as a labourer as well and travelled practically whole of India […]
Allauddin — remembering the iconic actor of the early ’90s on May 20, 2021A very talented lot related to film industry migrated from India to Pakistan in or around 1947 when Pakistan appeared on the world map. Notable among them were producer/director Shaukat Hussain Rizvi, his wife singer/actress Nurjehan, director Zia Sarhadi, classical singer Malika-e-Mausiqui Roshan Ara Begum, actress Mumtaz Shanti, Director Nazir Ahmad Khan, actress Sworen Lata, […]
Qamar Raza Shahzad’s poetry is derived from his varied experiences on May 18, 2021Poet Qamar Raza Shahzad has published six poetry books in four decades of his active life. ‘Khaak Zaar’ is the name of his Kuliyaat of six poetry books. The first collection is titled ‘Pyaas Bhara Mashkeeza’ comprising 68 Ghazals. The first couplet of one of the Ghazals is ‘Kisi Ishq-o-Rizq Kei Jaal Main Nahi Aye […]
Monthly literary journal maintains its quality on April 14, 2021It is a pleasure to see continuous publishing of monthly ‘Takhleeq’ in the environment where some of very high standard literary magazines in the subcontinent have been closed due to paucity of funds and lack of proper literary contributions. Editor Sonaan gives the credit of this magazine’s continuity to its fans that carry a copy […]
A potpourri of a travelogue, essays and short stories on March 23, 2021Neelma Nahid Durrani is known as a police officer and a popular poet. She has 16 books on poetry, short stories and travelogues to her credit. The titles of her books are ‘Jab Neher Kinare Shaam Dhali’ (sunset near a canal), ‘Jab Tak Ankhain Zinda Hain’ (till eyes are alive), ‘Tumhara Sheher Kaisa Hei’ (how […]
Remembering Sardar Malik on February 28, 2021Sardar Malik was a popular music composer of Bollywood in 1950s and 1960s. He was born on 13th of January 1925 in Kapurthala. He came to Bollywood in the 1940s and gave music for over six hundred songs till his demise on January 28, 2006 at the age of 81. As a young lover of […]
Remembering the services of Mustansar Hussain Tarar — an author and travel enthusiast on January 13, 2021Mustansar Hussain Tarar is a popular name in literary and television circles of Pakistan. He was born in Ghakhar Mandi on March 1, 1939 at his maternal grandparents’ house but he was raised in Lahore with his other family members. His parents hailed from Mandi Bahauddin. Rehmat Tarar, his father operated a small agricultural seed […]
Bayaan and Hamza Bin Tahir, a music video renaissance on December 22, 2020My generation has seen music in the form of 78 speed records with a song each on its either side, then EPs, LPs and then cassettes followed by CDs. The facility provided by internet and computers gradually saw these forms getting into background. Audio listening was necessitated to be complimented by videos to popularize a […]